Letter to the Editor - May 8, 2013

Welcome to Plains, Montana

My very close friend and good businessman, Oscar Reed, became ill and decided he would move to Plains, MT to finish out his days. He left Washington State with a nice motor coach, a new trailer he had recently purchased and lots of his tools that were not sold in his estate sale along with some ATVs, motorcycles, etc.

He owned a few residential rental homes that would keep some money coming in and due to his health and not being able to work, so even though I would miss my friend of over 20 years, I was at peace that he was going to be okay and this was a good move for him.

It was only a short time later that his health got so bad he was confined to a hospital bed and was unable to eat much less walk or even be at home. It was about eight weeks that Oscar was in the hospital. When he returned to his property from the hospital he found his ATVs and his generators along with three chainsaws were stolen. He was devastated that this happened and made a police report. Then a short time later, Oscar had to go back into the hospital due to his health. This time everything was gone and I mean everything.

They had taken his entire life then the good people that they are, they dumped out his medication, turned the valve on his propane and ran it out, vandalized his very nice trailer and get this, even shot his dog.

These are some ruthless people. But wait, the story even gets better. Oscar got a confession from the people and one of these guys involved even had his own daughter bring back one of the stripped out ATVs back to Oscar along with lots of apologies and promises to compensate Oscar for his loss.

All of this has been reported to the police and still noting done to these long time local residences of Plains. Yes, that’s right – people you all most likely see each and everyday.

There is so much more to this story. Stay tuned, as the saga will be continued.

People of Plains beware, there are some rotten, ruthless thieves living amongst your community. I have even had the pleasure of meeting most of them that were involved. I will later expose the names of the people involved.

If you have knowledge of this situation, I would encourage you to contact the local police even though they are aware and have done nothing. I feel the more information the better. And to those involved, we will be working very hard to have you convicted. This is my personal promise to all of you… To be continued…

Glenn Trusty